Samson Update 5 delivers a broad set of gameplay improvements, with a strong focus on combat behavior and traversal responsiveness. Enemy AI has been refined to move more naturally within combat spaces, while climbing, vaulting, and vehicle interactions have been made more fluid and reliable.
The update also applies extensive fixes to missions, ensuring smoother progression across chapters and jobs. Additional stability improvements and performance optimizations further enhance the overall experience, addressing crashes and reducing in game hitches.
Patch Notes
Gameplay Improvements
- Enemy AI improvements
- Smoother navigation in combat spaces
- Reduced likelihood of getting stuck on objects
- Enemies can be boxed into corners for better crowd control
- Bulky enemies updated
- Expanded attack variety for more dynamic encounters
- Environmental hazards improved
- Trigger more reliably at short distances
- Stuffed Bird weapon availability updated
- Now accessible outside original Chapter mission
- Available in Slayboy Mansion Beatdown
- Respawns each time the Job is played
Vehicles and Navigation
- Improved vehicle exit responsiveness
- Faster transition between driving and on foot gameplay
- Refined enemy interactions with vehicles
- More consistent behavior when enemies attempt to pull players out
- Improved map navigation
- More reliable routing to locations beneath highways
- Expanded traffic networks
- Improved road connectivity across the world
Traversal and Systems
- Vaulting and climbing improvements
- More responsive and reliable movement
- Easier activation while sprinting
- Skill fixes
- Night Owl bonus now triggers once per night consistently
- On a Roll skill no longer grants rewards when sleeping with zero Action Points
- General gameplay fixes
- Improved character placement to prevent clipping
- Fixed out of bounds teleport issues at Points of Interest
- Disabled phone usage during combat at home
- Fixed cases where players could get stuck or fall through the world
Chapters and Jobs
- Chapter 12 Rosary Requiem
- Improved dialogue triggers and mission flow consistency
- Chapter 1 Blood On Tap
- Fixed progression issue after shooting sequence
- Chapter 13 Evil
- Prevented unintended NPC behavior affecting mission flow
- Chapter 14 Am I My Brothers Keeper
- Fixed enemy behavior during final fight
- Ensured Beatdown sequence triggers correctly on replay
- Chapter 2 Silver Bullet
- Fixed dialogue trigger consistency after retry
- Chapter 9 A Walk Down Memory Lane
- Adjusted enemy spawn placement
- Fixed bar animation behavior
- Job Taxi Snitch
- Mission now correctly fails when reaching TYPD HQ
- General mission fixes
- Prevented completed missions from reactivating
- Players enter paused state during mission interactions
Stability and Performance
- Improved overall game stability
- Reduced crash occurrences
- Ongoing performance optimizations to reduce hitches
Samson, developed and published by Liquid Swords, released on April 8, 2026, for PC, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S versions planned for September 2026.
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